She doesn't just follow a progressive agenda, she sets it.
Gun violence prevention
Even before she was elected, Denyse was instrumental in passing meaningful gun safety legislation in Illinois. She founded the gun violence prevention nonprofit, People for a Safer Society, after the Sandy Hook School shooting. She helped pass landmark legislation that has made people in Illinois safer, including Gun Dealer Certification and the Firearms Restraining Order law.
As a new state representative in her first year, Denyse passed HB1092 to strengthen Illinois' Firearms Restraining Order (FRO) law. The FRO was designed to prevent the next mass shooting, hate crime, or gun homicide or suicide. The new law includes yearly training on how to use the FRO for law enforcement and an education campaign for the public. It was the also the first step in Illinois to address ghost guns. Read more about this new law:
Pritzker signs bill to strengthen the Firearms Restraining Order Act despite opposition
Police Have a Tool to Take Guns From Potential Shooters, but Many Aren’t Using It
Red Flag Laws Are Saving Lives. They Could Save More.
Even before she was elected, Denyse was instrumental in passing meaningful gun safety legislation in Illinois. She founded the gun violence prevention nonprofit, People for a Safer Society, after the Sandy Hook School shooting. She helped pass landmark legislation that has made people in Illinois safer, including Gun Dealer Certification and the Firearms Restraining Order law.
As a new state representative in her first year, Denyse passed HB1092 to strengthen Illinois' Firearms Restraining Order (FRO) law. The FRO was designed to prevent the next mass shooting, hate crime, or gun homicide or suicide. The new law includes yearly training on how to use the FRO for law enforcement and an education campaign for the public. It was the also the first step in Illinois to address ghost guns. Read more about this new law:
Pritzker signs bill to strengthen the Firearms Restraining Order Act despite opposition
Police Have a Tool to Take Guns From Potential Shooters, but Many Aren’t Using It
Red Flag Laws Are Saving Lives. They Could Save More.
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Pro-choice & Women's Rights
Denyse believes reproductive rights are human rights. She unequivocally believes in a woman’s right to choose.
Denyse believes reproductive rights are human rights. She unequivocally believes in a woman’s right to choose.
- Supports the constitutionally protected right for women to choose their own healthcare
- Click here for a PDF with Denyse's record on Women's Rights
Taxes
Denyse believes working families are overtaxed in Illinois.
Denyse believes working families are overtaxed in Illinois.
- Supports lowering property taxes
- Supports modifications to the Tax Increment Financing law to make sure it is used to rebuild blighted communities and protect public schools
Education
Denyse is a champion for public schools. She attended Middleton Elementary, McCracken Middle School, and Niles North High School. She understands that access to quality public education is essential.
Denyse is a champion for public schools. She attended Middleton Elementary, McCracken Middle School, and Niles North High School. She understands that access to quality public education is essential.
- Supports fully funding public schools including K-12 and higher education
- Supports an elected school board in the City of Chicago
Environment
Denyse believes we must pass down a safe and healthy environment to our future generations.
Denyse believes we must pass down a safe and healthy environment to our future generations.
- Supports Illinois meeting its goal of 100% clean energy by 2050 by supporting the Clean Energy Jobs Act
- Supports banning fracking on public lands
Government Transparency
Denyse will not take a penny from corporate PACs.
Denyse will not take a penny from corporate PACs.
- Supports campaign finance reform to minimize the influence of large contributors
- Supports a ban on lawmakers lobbying local governments
- Supports a 2-year cooling off period before lawmakers can become lobbyists
Healthcare
She believes the cost of healthcare is too high and wants to make it more affordable.
She believes the cost of healthcare is too high and wants to make it more affordable.
- Supports universal healthcare
- Supports working with hospitals to ensure they are in-network for ACA insurance plans
Our most vulnerable
She believes we must never stop working to help others who are in need.
She believes we must never stop working to help others who are in need.
- Supports increasing funding for Department of Children and Family Services and reorganizing the Department to reduce caseloads
- Supports the development and expansion of mental health centers
- Supports improving care for senior citizens in Illinois
- Supports increasing funding for services and aid for the developmentally disabled with the goal of eliminating the wait for services
Criminal Justice
She believes our justice system must be restorative and community-centered, instead of punitive and inequitable.
She believes our justice system must be restorative and community-centered, instead of punitive and inequitable.
- Supports community policing strategies to ensure that police departments see collaboration with communities of color as the first step toward a more equitable system
- Supports evidence-based restorative justice approaches and alternatives to incarceration when possible, particularly for those who are homeless or need care for mental health or addiction issues.
- Supports ending the harmful practice of cash bail
- Supports improving conditions and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in correctional facilities
Responsive Leadership
She has worked to engage residents to ensure that their voices are heard and that government works for the people
She has worked to engage residents to ensure that their voices are heard and that government works for the people
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